Overview of BLS Statistics by Geography

Most BLS programs publish data at the national level. Some programs also publish data for smaller geographic areas, allowing focus on regional, state, or local trends.

For example, BLS publishes separate unemployment rates for the United States, for Texas, and for San Antonio. We also have a national wage rate for registered nurses, as well as wage rates for registered nurses in California and in Los Angeles.

The BLS Geographic Guide is an easy to use matrix showing data availability by geographic coverage.

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program provides detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and over 400 metropolitan areas and divisions.

The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for geographic regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. Monthly unemployment statistics for states, counties, and metropolitan areas are available in map format; see Create Customized Maps (Unemployment Rates).

The Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment contains information from the Current Population Survey
(CPS) for regions and divisions, 50 states and the District of Columbia, 50 large metropolitan areas, and 17 central cities.
Data are provided on the employed and unemployed by selected demographic and
economic characteristics.

Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses are produced for participating states.
The total number of fatal occupational injuries occurring each year are reported in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). These data are available for major industry divisions and occupations by region, state, and Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

International Labor Comparisons

The International Labor Comparisons program published comparative data on labor, compensation, productivity, and consumer prices in other countries. (The International Labor Comparisons program has been discontinued.)